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Beast Pilot
- Joined
- May 13, 2017
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- Location
- Golden, Co
- Ram Year
- 2017 1500 Sport RCSB
- Engine
- 5.7 Hemi
Looks really good! I think I'll go this route. Can you provide any more details.... bolt size, length, etc.
Thanks!
Thanks man!
The bolt and lock nut were just stuff I found in my odds and ends bin. Really anything that somewhat fills the pedal hole (height) should be fine, and strong enough. Probably go shorter so it doesn't stick out past the pedal arm/bracket. Not sure if a long one would ever hit the carpet, but why chance it? I also liked the rounded head. Thought a hex head might dig into the back of the cover. I didn't think to measure the hole offset in the plexiglass, but it's right over the nub norton333 used. I just put the plate in the cover and tapped a hole over that nub. Then took it back out and tried to square it with the Dremel. You can skip that part if your bolt doesn't have a square shoulder.
To make the plate I just traced around the cover, cut it a tad smaller, then used the Dremel to round the corners and take it down to final dimensions. More eyeballed than measured, though I have rough dimensions on the plate.
The plexiglass is .08" thick. Doubt I'd go any thinner, but you could get away with slightly thicker. But it fits really tight in the cover lips as is. I pushed the pedal all the way down, hard and fast numerous times, and it seems to be solid. If it does twist any, I'll probably put a small strip of 2-sided tape between the plate and pedal face. I still recommend metal over plexiglass, but it seems to hold up. We'll see as time goes by, but I never use the PB, so it'll probably never move. It was more to match the other pedals.
That's pretty much it. I'm happy to answer any other questions though.
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